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said he thinks it's up to the states to decide. right now, 30 states have constitutional amendments or laws banning gay marriage. like the president, americans have also evolved on gay marriage. support has risen sharply nationwide. right now polls show that more than 50% of americans say gay marriage should be legal. rob and sunny? >> thank you karen. maybe that's why people are saying this really isn't that -- it's going to make a lot of headlines for the next several days but is it really that big of a political risk if polls show most americans favor it here and those who didn't like gay marriage weren't going to vote for the president anyway. >> and the republican contingent wasn't going to vote for him. you can't really fall off the floor. so there was no risk for him there. and certainly now i think he's sort of probably energized the democratic base at this point because the republicans are going to sort of stake their claim in the ground. we saw that with romney's announcement. now it's going to energize the base. first 90
said he thinks it's up to the states to decide. right now, 30 states have constitutional amendments or laws banning gay marriage. like the president, americans have also evolved on gay marriage. support has risen sharply nationwide. right now polls show that more than 50% of americans say gay marriage should be legal. rob and sunny? >> thank you karen. maybe that's why people are saying this really isn't that -- it's going to make a lot of headlines for the next several days but is it...
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. >>> the romney/ryan campaign will be crisscrossing ohio, a key battleground state where new polls show they're trailing president obama. they will focus on how they plan to handle the debt crisis, improve unemployment and cut spending if they're elected to office. meantime, ann romney doing her part as well appearing on the tonight show with jay leno where she reflected on the possibility of her husband becoming the first mormon at the white house. >> on a serious note, talk about the significance if he gets elected being the first mormon president. >> i love the fact that we have the first african-american president, that means to me, that we're leaving prejudices behind. i would hope that if mitt were elected we would see more of the same. >> she also talked about how much she and her husband love shopping at costco, saying she recently picked up an $18, three pack of kirkland dress shirts he wears "all the time." who doesn't love shopping at costco? you need two things and get a cartful. >> the romneys at costco, indeed. her first time being on the late night talk show like that. it
. >>> the romney/ryan campaign will be crisscrossing ohio, a key battleground state where new polls show they're trailing president obama. they will focus on how they plan to handle the debt crisis, improve unemployment and cut spending if they're elected to office. meantime, ann romney doing her part as well appearing on the tonight show with jay leno where she reflected on the possibility of her husband becoming the first mormon at the white house. >> on a serious note, talk...
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an eight-point lead in the state of ohio, a key battleground state. keep in mind no republican has won the white house without winning the buckeye state. and in florida it's not much better. the president also leads by four points. mitt romney is accusing the white house of failing to level with the american people about the death of ambassador chris stevens and three others in libya. the republican presidential hopeful says the september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate and benghazi was clearly an act of terrorism. but he says president obama won't use that language instead referring to the deadly attack as a bump in the road on the way to democracy. >> he caught flak for that. you can't call the death of the four people, particularly an ambassador, a bump in, a bump in the road that seemed glib and callus and disrespectful to the lives lost in that. the white house sent mixed signals on thisser to. was it, premeditated attack, coincided with 9/11, premeditated, calculated or were they piggybacking over protest over the film. ambassador susan rice s
an eight-point lead in the state of ohio, a key battleground state. keep in mind no republican has won the white house without winning the buckeye state. and in florida it's not much better. the president also leads by four points. mitt romney is accusing the white house of failing to level with the american people about the death of ambassador chris stevens and three others in libya. the republican presidential hopeful says the september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate and benghazi was...
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two weeks ago it was looking bad and bleak for romney and it is amazing how the wind has changed and romney has the wind at his back, and obama is scraping to get back into this thing, and the numbers since wednesday night have gotten tighter in thely and in the swing states as well. >> we need to play something for the debate -- >> drinking game? >> no, an eating game. >>> the vice presidential debate takes place on thursday night, and marthas will be moderating it. >>> a fairytale wedding day turned into an ugly nightmare for two brides in philadelphia. the alcohol-fueled fight erupted between two wedding parties at a hotel bar. police had to be called in to break it up. three people arrested and one man died of a heart attack and he turned out to be the uncle of one of the brides. >>> new clues in the search for a missing colorado girl. they found her backpack about six miles from where she was last seen friday. the backpack contained a water bottle with jessica's name on it. she's in the middle of a custody battle between her father in missouri and her mother in colorado. >> you hope th
two weeks ago it was looking bad and bleak for romney and it is amazing how the wind has changed and romney has the wind at his back, and obama is scraping to get back into this thing, and the numbers since wednesday night have gotten tighter in thely and in the swing states as well. >> we need to play something for the debate -- >> drinking game? >> no, an eating game. >>> the vice presidential debate takes place on thursday night, and marthas will be moderating it....
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the state of iowa. rick santorum won the state of iowa as they went through those results again. so you have to wonder if that kind of hurts his image as the inevitable nominee as things move forward. >> and he spun it, too. when each candidate was asked what's one thing they would take back on the campaign trail, romney said i'd like to go back and get 34 more votes, or however many it was he needed to win the caucus. >> but south carolina's a very different state, a little more conservative, too, and some folks down there really don't like the idea, they feel like mitt romney's being shoved down their throats. they like to be kind of the rebel state a little bit. so that could pave the way for santorum or gingrich -- >> they're getting their money's weather. >> that's right. never dull. >>> president obama has one eye on the election calendar as well. he spoke at four high-powered fund-raisers in new york city last night. he urged their support for what will be a tough campaign no matter who the repub
the state of iowa. rick santorum won the state of iowa as they went through those results again. so you have to wonder if that kind of hurts his image as the inevitable nominee as things move forward. >> and he spun it, too. when each candidate was asked what's one thing they would take back on the campaign trail, romney said i'd like to go back and get 34 more votes, or however many it was he needed to win the caucus. >> but south carolina's a very different state, a little more...
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republican presidential candidate mitt romney visited the region last friday as karen just mentioned. >>> thousands of people are still out of their homes staying in shelters or with relatives and friend. even those that can go back to their homes are faced with terrible conditions. with more, here's abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: the thousands who fled their homes north of new orleans this weekend -- >> i'm going home. >> immediate and mandatory evacuation. >> reporter: got to come home. they live near the canal lock in st. tammany parish that authorities thought was about to fail. look how isaac's water eroded the earth around it. saturday crews opened the lock to relieve the pressure and now bleach the danger has passed. >> the current situation is that everything is stable. integrity of the structure is fine. >> reporter: here is what is not fine. the temperature, heat index in new orleans was 105. with a quarter of million people here without power, without air conditioning, the misery index is higher than that. >> everybody has been hanging out on their front porches. pretty muc
republican presidential candidate mitt romney visited the region last friday as karen just mentioned. >>> thousands of people are still out of their homes staying in shelters or with relatives and friend. even those that can go back to their homes are faced with terrible conditions. with more, here's abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: the thousands who fled their homes north of new orleans this weekend -- >> i'm going home. >> immediate and mandatory evacuation. >>...
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mitt romney may have taken the granite state, but for the second week in a row ron paul is getting the most searches of the gop candidates on yahoo. former utah governor jon huntsman and his family were also generating lots of buzz online. voters are getting very interested in the personal lives of the republican field. they're looking up all kinds of info about family members, including the huntsman daughters, romney's sons, and newt gingrich's wife. and with new year's resolutions still fresh, yahoo shine's "get it guide" rated the the most searched workout dvds. top of the list, zumba total body transformation. insanity, fast and furious workout. the kettle ball workout with bob harper. and jackie warner's crunch-free extreme abs. our get it guide gurus are real women who tried out the dvds and let you know if they are worth the price. hope you guys have a great weekend. back to you. >> are you an exercise nut? are you trying to get fit in this new year? >> i was for like a week and a half. >> a week and a half? that's it? >> yeah. i'm just carrying you. isn't that workout enough? o
mitt romney may have taken the granite state, but for the second week in a row ron paul is getting the most searches of the gop candidates on yahoo. former utah governor jon huntsman and his family were also generating lots of buzz online. voters are getting very interested in the personal lives of the republican field. they're looking up all kinds of info about family members, including the huntsman daughters, romney's sons, and newt gingrich's wife. and with new year's resolutions still...
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really with the romney campaign, looking at carefully, state of ohio. a battleground state. now the president according to latest polls has a high single digit lead in the state. if romney does not win ohio, the path to the white house gets very, very difficult. so they're really watching that state closely out there. but the bad news for the obama campaign, of the 68%, of the 68%, most don't like the president too well white, college educated and aged. the president struggles in the groups. numbers getting interesting. >> a lot of people will be fascinated despite the jobs report he got such a bump, but the poll actually factored in, it was two days before the dnc and two days after, so the jobs report was factored into all of this, and with all of that a five-point edge over romney, biggest since july. >> crazy too. all this underscores, a thousand more polls, things will change. >> 9,000 actually. >> 9,000. shows you how much weight to give to those debates coming up in a few weeks. those could be a make-or-break moment for sure. >>> moving on. a tragic incident as presid
really with the romney campaign, looking at carefully, state of ohio. a battleground state. now the president according to latest polls has a high single digit lead in the state. if romney does not win ohio, the path to the white house gets very, very difficult. so they're really watching that state closely out there. but the bad news for the obama campaign, of the 68%, of the 68%, most don't like the president too well white, college educated and aged. the president struggles in the groups....
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from mitt romney, could his running mate be a woman? his wife ann gave a very interesting interview. he may be looking at females out there for his running mate. which really would reshape the race in an interesting way. and hope they don't make the same mistakes as mccain four years ago with that pick. we will see. >> we'll see. >>> also coming up, "seventeen" magazine gets the message from a 14-year-old girl. why a demand for realistic photos got action. i like that story. you have all this air brushing and holding these young girls to these impossible standards. standards that are just fake. let's face it. so hopefully we'll see some movement. >> keep it real. they say, they say. time will tell. >>> also, rihanna tells her former money man "see you in court." the superstar is suing the accountants who handled her millions. that's coming up next in "the skinny." >>> but first, that sunken yacht will be pulled from the water later this morning as investigators try to figure out what caused the tragic sinking off long island. >> really
from mitt romney, could his running mate be a woman? his wife ann gave a very interesting interview. he may be looking at females out there for his running mate. which really would reshape the race in an interesting way. and hope they don't make the same mistakes as mccain four years ago with that pick. we will see. >> we'll see. >>> also coming up, "seventeen" magazine gets the message from a 14-year-old girl. why a demand for realistic photos got action. i like that...
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up until now, romney stood by comments, only saying they were not elegantly stated. on the campaign trail yesterday, romney tried to take advantage of his strong showing in this week's debate. >> he will raise taxes on small business, which will kill jobs. i instead want to keep taxes down on small business so we can create jobs. >> the real mitt romney's been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. >> a stronger president than we saw during the debate, huh? heading into the second debate, the obama campaign says it is changing strategy. advisers admit the president gave long-winded answers that did not connect emotionally with the audience. what a difference a day makes. >> absolutely. >> kind of timid and lethargic, you know, wednesday, and then that yesterday. >> absolutely. >>> forget any preconceived notions you may have about elephants and their eating habits. take a look at these polite little elephants you see here with table manner that would make emily post smile. >> not only that, these asian e
up until now, romney stood by comments, only saying they were not elegantly stated. on the campaign trail yesterday, romney tried to take advantage of his strong showing in this week's debate. >> he will raise taxes on small business, which will kill jobs. i instead want to keep taxes down on small business so we can create jobs. >> the real mitt romney's been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. >> a stronger...
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really with the romney campaign, looking at carefully, state of ohio. a battleground state. now the president according to latest polls has a high single digit lead in the state. if romney does not win ohio, path to the white house gets very, very difficult. so they're really watching the state closely out there. the advantage of the obama campaign is of the undecideds, 6%, 8%, of those, mostly are demographics that don't like the president too well. mainly white, some with college education, economically stressed, middle-aged. the president struggles in the groups. numbers getting interesting. >> a lot of people will be fascinated despite the jobs report he got such a bump. but the polla but the poll actually factored in, it was factored into all of that. a five-point edge over romney, biggest since july. >> crazy too. all this underscores, a thousand more polls, things will change. >> 9,000 actually. >> 9,000. shows you how much waite weigei give to the debates. president obama campaigned in florida. a police officer on a motorcycle working security for the president's mot
really with the romney campaign, looking at carefully, state of ohio. a battleground state. now the president according to latest polls has a high single digit lead in the state. if romney does not win ohio, path to the white house gets very, very difficult. so they're really watching the state closely out there. the advantage of the obama campaign is of the undecideds, 6%, 8%, of those, mostly are demographics that don't like the president too well. mainly white, some with college education,...
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voters in the buckeye state will see a lot of romney over the next few days. the campaigns and outside groups have spent more than $141 million on tv ads in ohio through the beginning of october. >>> the killing of mexico's most feared criminal gang kingpin should be considered a coup in the war on drugs. but it has now turned into a bit of an embarrassment. mexican special forces say they killed cartel leader, heriberto lazcano. in a vicious gun battle. then it fizzled as armed gunmen stormed a funeral home and snatched lazcano's remains from under the noses of authorities. >> how did he disappear? >> a wild story. >> fascinating. nickname says it all, "the executioner." they actually had a $5 million bounty on his head. highest profile drug lord to be killed or captured, when mexican president calderon took office in 2006. they got one of the big fish here for sure. the drug war in mexico is frightening, violent. doesn't begin to scratch the surface there. >> unbelievable. apparently he was also one of mexico's most wanted men. and this isn't the first time
voters in the buckeye state will see a lot of romney over the next few days. the campaigns and outside groups have spent more than $141 million on tv ads in ohio through the beginning of october. >>> the killing of mexico's most feared criminal gang kingpin should be considered a coup in the war on drugs. but it has now turned into a bit of an embarrassment. mexican special forces say they killed cartel leader, heriberto lazcano. in a vicious gun battle. then it fizzled as armed gunmen...
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>> reporter: saturday, romney launches a swing state bus tour. that could be a good time to introduce his runningmate or to give those on the short list one last tryout. among those joining him along the way, ohio senator rob portman, and florida senator marco rubio, the final stage also leaves one last chance for wild speculation including an online report that president obama had said he is convinced romney will pick c.i.a. director david petraeus. >> i can say with absolute confidence that such an assertion has never been uttered by the president. >> reporter: trust us, it is not going to be petraeus. the final list seems to be down to this -- solid, safe choices of rob portman and former minnesota governor, tim pawlenty, or bolder, riskier choices of wisconsin congressman paul ryan or marco rubio. there is not much time left, the vice presidential candidate will speak in three weeks. we know romney has to make his move before then. we suspect it will come sooner than that. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >> it would just be nice for the
>> reporter: saturday, romney launches a swing state bus tour. that could be a good time to introduce his runningmate or to give those on the short list one last tryout. among those joining him along the way, ohio senator rob portman, and florida senator marco rubio, the final stage also leaves one last chance for wild speculation including an online report that president obama had said he is convinced romney will pick c.i.a. director david petraeus. >> i can say with absolute...
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the gal lup ""usa today" poll that gives romney the edge in the battleground state. some of the questions according to the democrats say that -- the questions that are asked of the pollsters are a little biased. it is not necessarily telling the truth saying it has deep flaws because they don't screen out many young minority renters, urban dwellers. that are more prone to vote for the president. >> all the polls have their weaknesses. the only poll that counts, november 6. >> what is that? >>> make sure you stick with abc news for complete coverage. our entire political team will be right here tonight at this very desk. "one on one," the candidates' debate, 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 p.m. pacific. >> make sure we clean up since diane will be here. all right. >>> in other news this morning, two hikers lost in the mountains of montana have been found alive after a three-day search. officials at glacier national park say the 32-year-old men, both veterinarians from the state of virginia, were not hurt. their wives reported them missing when they didn't catch their schedule
the gal lup ""usa today" poll that gives romney the edge in the battleground state. some of the questions according to the democrats say that -- the questions that are asked of the pollsters are a little biased. it is not necessarily telling the truth saying it has deep flaws because they don't screen out many young minority renters, urban dwellers. that are more prone to vote for the president. >> all the polls have their weaknesses. the only poll that counts, november 6....
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in the state of maryland, romney won the race hands-down there. and in washington, d.c., the nation's capital where santorum wasn't on the ballot there. of course, that was easy win for mr. romney. abc's karen travers has the latest on the political drama here. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning. it was a big night for mitt romney who desperately wants to pin it to the general election. he's trying to talk about president obama but his rivals show no signs of throwing in the towel. it's a decisive sweep for mitt romney. according to exit polls, 8 out of 10 wisconsin voters, no matter their preference of candidate, expect him to be their party's nominee. romney may be on the verge of finally pulling away from his rivals. he sounded eager to get the general election battle with president obama under way. >> in barack obama's government-centered society, the government has to do more because the economy is doomed to do less. >> reporter: to win wisconsin, romney's campaign followed the same strategy it's used in other key battleground sta
in the state of maryland, romney won the race hands-down there. and in washington, d.c., the nation's capital where santorum wasn't on the ballot there. of course, that was easy win for mr. romney. abc's karen travers has the latest on the political drama here. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning. it was a big night for mitt romney who desperately wants to pin it to the general election. he's trying to talk about president obama but his rivals show no signs of throwing in the...
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a "usa today" gallup poll has obama trailing in battleground states. 46% to mitt romney's 51%. hunkered down at kings mill resort in historic williamsburg, virginia, the president knows he needs to show voters he is ready to fight for his job. >> nobody is a harsher critic than the president himself. he viewed the tape. i think he is going to make some adjustments tuesday. >> reporter: the president has been holding mock debates on a set like the one at hofstra university, long island, new york. while students have been plague -- playing the candidates as advisers have been playing the real voters. voters who can throw quite challenging curveballs. >> i am one of your middle-class americans. quite frankly, i am exhausted. exhausted of defending you. >> reporter: the president only held one town meeting this year while romney has held 23. the republican is holed up with advisers at his home in belmont, massachusetts working to finesse debate style to avoid moments like this one in 1992 when george h.w. bush was caught glancing at his watch. >> i am also unemployed. >> joking for
a "usa today" gallup poll has obama trailing in battleground states. 46% to mitt romney's 51%. hunkered down at kings mill resort in historic williamsburg, virginia, the president knows he needs to show voters he is ready to fight for his job. >> nobody is a harsher critic than the president himself. he viewed the tape. i think he is going to make some adjustments tuesday. >> reporter: the president has been holding mock debates on a set like the one at hofstra university,...
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law, it will allow mitt romney to win the state. a political undercurrent left a bad taste in folks' mouths. there is more than democracy playing out. i think some folks were wary of. >> and if they don't have the i.d., they have to have a social security card or birth certificate, and some don't even have that. >>> more legal drama in the jerry sandusky sex scandal at penn state. a former graduate assistant says he saw sandusky molesting a boy agains millions in damages. he says he was defame and miss represented. >>> a halloween costume created such a scare that the bomb squad had to be called in. a driver wearing a gas mask and camouflage jacket with an attached grenade was pulled over in san mateo, california. but gilberto mateas was not a terrorist. he actually works at a store that sells halloween costumes and is required to wear his costume for work. now police confiscated his dummy grenade and cleared a half block. >> i knew it was going to attract people's attention, but i didn't thing they were going to go as far as to be
law, it will allow mitt romney to win the state. a political undercurrent left a bad taste in folks' mouths. there is more than democracy playing out. i think some folks were wary of. >> and if they don't have the i.d., they have to have a social security card or birth certificate, and some don't even have that. >>> more legal drama in the jerry sandusky sex scandal at penn state. a former graduate assistant says he saw sandusky molesting a boy agains millions in damages. he says...
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the romney campaign puts an intense new focus on battleground states. >> the move comes with polls showing the gop nominee trailing in key states that could swing the election. it's monday, september 24th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning, everyone. i'm t.j. winick. rob nelson is on assignment this morning. >> great to have you here, t.j. >> great to be here. >> we're both a little sleep deprived, so bear with us, everybody. i'm paula faris. in a moment, what to look for in the political week ahead. just 43 days now until election day. i'm sure you have it circled on your calendar. >>> also this hour, heavy hearts at the national zoo where they're trying to figure out why the new panda cub born just last week has died, and they did an autopsy trying to get results, but no signs of trauma. it just happened very suddenly. >> a very sad story. >>> and then a rock 'n' roll meltdown for the ages lands green day front man billie joe armstrong in rehab. what set off the rant? that was all caught on tape. >> he wasn't having the time of his life on stage. >>>
the romney campaign puts an intense new focus on battleground states. >> the move comes with polls showing the gop nominee trailing in key states that could swing the election. it's monday, september 24th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning, everyone. i'm t.j. winick. rob nelson is on assignment this morning. >> great to have you here, t.j. >> great to be here. >> we're both a little sleep deprived, so bear...
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in some of the swing states, those ads have been pretty effective. there will be a trillion more polls between now and november. >>> here's a look at your weather on this thursday morning. gusty winds, heavy rain and flash flooding from chicago to charleston, west virginia. severe weather from south texas to florida and up to philly. thunderstorms in the four corners of the southwest. >> 90s in the rockies, plains and southeast. 80s from the upper midwest to the northeast. >>> so we know that "call me maybe" that omnipresent song by carly rae gibson is the song of the summer. everyone getting in on the act. >> the cookie monster has his version. and so did these folks. ♪ don't ask me i'll never tell i look to you ♪ >> u.s. troops in kandahar, afghanistan -- >> great story, too. the whole production was done in an hour. the uso photographer and his cheerleader friend choreographed it. pretty good stuff. man, you know that song has gone global when the military is making their own version. >> choreography, too. >> wow. yes, indeed. america's braves
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he pulled out a narrow victory over mitt romney in iowa and went on to win nine more states and defy the pundits. >> miracle after miracle, this race was as improbable as any race that you will ever see for president. >> reporter: as newt gingrich faded, santorum successfully positioned himself as the conservative alternative to romney. >> he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. >> reporter: romney's vast resources proved to be too much for santorum to compete with. he was dramatically outspent in michigan, ohio and wisconsin, and he lost them all. as recently as last week, santorum vowed to stay in the race until his home state votes on april 24th. >> pennsylvania and half the other people in this country have yet to be heard. >> reporter: but the race in pennsylvania had tightened with romney quickly gaining ground. with his chief rival out of the race, mitt romney has effectively locked up the nomination. but yesterday, newt gingrich and ron paul vowed to stay on until the convention to give conservatives another choice. rob and paula, back to you
he pulled out a narrow victory over mitt romney in iowa and went on to win nine more states and defy the pundits. >> miracle after miracle, this race was as improbable as any race that you will ever see for president. >> reporter: as newt gingrich faded, santorum successfully positioned himself as the conservative alternative to romney. >> he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. >> reporter: romney's vast resources proved to be too much...
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two vice presidential contenders will be touting romney's alternate vision. the president is visiting friendly turf, ohio, a state he won in 2008 and hoping to hold on to in november. next stop, pennsylvania. mary bruce, abc news, washington. >> more fallout from the historic health care ruling. romney now officially sawing that it is a tax, what the government is going to charge people who do not, you know get their own health care plan here. which was a conovoversial stement, obviously his record in massachusetts where he put something very similar into play. included the same tax for those who didn't get it. there has been a lot of semantic game. a penalty, a tax. now romney officially himself saying in an interview yes it is a tax. >> supreme court said it too so. >> yeah. he had to come out and own up to it. >> i wonder who is going to pick as vp. >> hard to tell. rubio seemed in the forefront. governor christie of new jersey, still, in the mix. pawlenty out there, a bit, a few choices. everyone is tight-lipped for a few more weeks. we'll see. >> sound l
two vice presidential contenders will be touting romney's alternate vision. the president is visiting friendly turf, ohio, a state he won in 2008 and hoping to hold on to in november. next stop, pennsylvania. mary bruce, abc news, washington. >> more fallout from the historic health care ruling. romney now officially sawing that it is a tax, what the government is going to charge people who do not, you know get their own health care plan here. which was a conovoversial stement, obviously...
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. >> reporter: it was a big night for romney with wins in the five states holding primaries. but underscoring his pivot to the general election, the presumptive republican nominee spoke in new hampshire, which didn't vote but is a key battleground state in november. his campaign against president obama boiled down to a few questions. >> are you making more at your job? >> no. >> do you have a better chance to get a better job? >> no. >> are you paying less at the pump? it's still about the economy. and we're not stupid. >> reporter: this week, president obama is courting college students in three key battleground states. north carolina, and iowa. but as a voting group, they are much less enthusiastic now than four years ago. president didn't mention romney by name but he did seem to draw a sharp contrast between their backgrounds. >> michelle and i, we've been in your shoes. when we got married, we got poor together. check this out. i'my in president of the united states. we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago. >> reporter: the romney campaign sai
. >> reporter: it was a big night for romney with wins in the five states holding primaries. but underscoring his pivot to the general election, the presumptive republican nominee spoke in new hampshire, which didn't vote but is a key battleground state in november. his campaign against president obama boiled down to a few questions. >> are you making more at your job? >> no. >> do you have a better chance to get a better job? >> no. >> are you paying less at...
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or nine swing states. there, democrats are breaking through by calling into question what romney wants to be his biggest strength. >> thousands of workers lost jobs, benefits and pensions. but for every company he drove into the ground, romney averaged a $92 million profit. >> meanwhile, president obama is raising alarms about his own fund-raising. and this is democrats' number-one campaign concern. mitt romney is on track to match or exceed the powerful obama fund-raising operation. democrats fear that while they can win the message war over the summer, they may not be in a position to keep that up through the fall. that's why you have the president sounding so concerned. rob and sunny? >> i don't like the attack ads. on either side. i just don't like that. >> every candidate says the same thing. we are going to run a clean, positive campaign, talk about the issues. always gets negative. the only reason, it works. another story, again, it proves it again. they're effective. >> stick to the facts. leave th
or nine swing states. there, democrats are breaking through by calling into question what romney wants to be his biggest strength. >> thousands of workers lost jobs, benefits and pensions. but for every company he drove into the ground, romney averaged a $92 million profit. >> meanwhile, president obama is raising alarms about his own fund-raising. and this is democrats' number-one campaign concern. mitt romney is on track to match or exceed the powerful obama fund-raising...
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ten states heading to the polls and the map is not favorable to romney. he's favored in vermont and massachusetts, where he was governor, but in the south he trails in at least three states, where conservative voters make up most of the electorate. >> we're out of here today heading to super tuesday with some wind at our back. >> reporter: and ron paul could be a factor in tuesday's caucus states. he returned to his day job, attending a hearing, where he criticized the fed's monetary policy. >> the fed's going to self-destruct eventually anyway when the money -- when the money's gone. >> reporter: romney and santorum, though, ended up splitting the delegates in michigan, each getting 15. still, romney has twice the number compared to santorum, with some of the biggest delegate states still ahead. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> and that's so funny. santorum's people are now saying, look, it was a tie in michigan. as you heard, they both walked out with 15 delegates apiece. so romney essentially tied in his home state, which is not an encouraging si
ten states heading to the polls and the map is not favorable to romney. he's favored in vermont and massachusetts, where he was governor, but in the south he trails in at least three states, where conservative voters make up most of the electorate. >> we're out of here today heading to super tuesday with some wind at our back. >> reporter: and ron paul could be a factor in tuesday's caucus states. he returned to his day job, attending a hearing, where he criticized the fed's...
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romney won the wealthy in that state but lost the middle class. so he did well with folks making over $200,000 a year but lost those who make under $50,000 a year to ron paul. >> and a big issue in south carolina, unemployment. it's much higher there than it is in iowa or new hampshire. so i'm sure all the candidates will be harping on unemployment. or pink slips. >> pink slips. >> and firing people. >> that language. expect to hear that over and over again in south carolina. but interesting, too, the battle for the conservatives and the battle for the middle class in an election that's going to be defined by the economy. so we'll see how it plays out. >>> our political coverage continues later today. watch our interview with mitt romney, the man of the hour, himself. that's coming up on "good morning america." also tune in for some more live reports and analysis on "america this morning." >>> and a sad good-bye in washington state for a park ranger who was killed on new year's day. thousands of mourners were there to honor margaret anderson, who
romney won the wealthy in that state but lost the middle class. so he did well with folks making over $200,000 a year but lost those who make under $50,000 a year to ron paul. >> and a big issue in south carolina, unemployment. it's much higher there than it is in iowa or new hampshire. so i'm sure all the candidates will be harping on unemployment. or pink slips. >> pink slips. >> and firing people. >> that language. expect to hear that over and over again in south...
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secretary of state condoleezza rice could be the top choice. the drudge report said rice emerged as a front-runner. rice recently e-mailed supporters saying 2012 could be a turning point for the country and the election is one of the most important of her lifetime. ann romney said we have been looking at picking a woman and i love the option as well. >>> a key figure at the center of the largest health fraud settlement in u.s. history is speaking out. a week after the company agreed to pay a fine, the whistle blower said he went to company officials with safety concerns about promoting drugs for unapproved uses and then heap says he was fired. he says the pun ushment should be more than just money. >> i hope that some of these people will eventually go to prison and i am not talking country club prison, i'm talking doing hard time. >> i think a lot of folks feel that way. he lost his job and his home. but under whistle blower rules he could be entitled to as much as a quarter of the civil fine in the case, the fine actually tops $1 billion. >>>
secretary of state condoleezza rice could be the top choice. the drudge report said rice emerged as a front-runner. rice recently e-mailed supporters saying 2012 could be a turning point for the country and the election is one of the most important of her lifetime. ann romney said we have been looking at picking a woman and i love the option as well. >>> a key figure at the center of the largest health fraud settlement in u.s. history is speaking out. a week after the company agreed to...
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but romney used the desomethici slam president obama on the hot button issue. >> states had to step in. states looking for a way to find the problems he didn't address. what we know is the president failed to lead. >> reporter: at a fund raiser in atlanta, the president said voters have a choice between his agenda and that of republicans when it comes to immigration reform. he touted his new policy that removes the threat of deportation for young, undocumented immigrants. >> they don't want to go backwards to a day when young people, who as children were brought to the united states and were raised with -- with our kids. our american through and through. and everything except the papers. >> reporter: both contenders know it is the economy that will likely decide the election. the obama campaign released a series of ads in battleground states accusing romney of having a history of shipping american jobs overseas. >> romney's never stood up to china. all he has ever done is send them our jobs. >> reporter: the president kept up the line off take. >> do some in-sourcing. put folks back to
but romney used the desomethici slam president obama on the hot button issue. >> states had to step in. states looking for a way to find the problems he didn't address. what we know is the president failed to lead. >> reporter: at a fund raiser in atlanta, the president said voters have a choice between his agenda and that of republicans when it comes to immigration reform. he touted his new policy that removes the threat of deportation for young, undocumented immigrants. >>...